Seaport with Two Turkish Merchants

1656

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image depicts an etching showing two men sitting on what seems to be sacks or bales, looking out towards the sea. The horizon is visible halfway up the image, featuring ships on calm waters. The etching displays intricate line work with cross-hatching for shadows and texture. The color palette is monochromatic, with black lines on light paper, conveying a sense of calm and contemplation.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bert Freidus

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 13.1 x 12.6 cm (5 3/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.63.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 748, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(André Candillier, Paris); purchased 1998 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Vesme, Alexandre de (Baudi di Vesme, Alessandro). Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de Bartsch. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1906, no. 748, ii/ii.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 748, ii/ii.

2001

  • Talbierska, Jolanta.AKWAFORTY ZE ZBIOROW GABINETU RYCIN BIBLIOTEKI UNIWERSYTECKIEJ W WARSZAWIE / Etchings from the Collection of the Print Room of the Warsaw University Library. Warsaw, 2001: no. III. 120.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Stef. Della Bella fecit. 1656; lower right in plate: SDB (in monogram); by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: De V.-M. 748/II

Wikidata ID

Q75420992

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